January 16, 1971
We had many things to do to be prepared for Sunday and our Zone Conference coming up. It was a real shock but we were able to do all these things. I taught. Sunday school class in English It was very difficult, but we made it. We had team meetings and sacrament meeting and you just name it. A hundred things to do. But they were all taken care of.
January 17, 1971
We continued our Zone Conference assign and the then started procelyting During the day we taught 3 first discussions and placed 4 Book of Mormons. It was really cool. We taught a cool family by the name of Benestad. This is a cool area. The people are all open and are willing to hear the Gospel. The Lord is really blessing us.
The Forsberg family
This is the end of Brent's journal. I think some of the pages fell out at some time so the last 2-3 months entries are missing. He returned from his mission in March but was granted the opportunity to go home by way of Germany where his brother, Leslie was serving. He spent a few days with Leslie and then returned home. After we were married he told me that he was able to baptise the Forsberg family on his last day in Norway. They came to our home in Provo after we were married to visit with us and thanked him for sharing the gospel with he and his family. We heard later that he eventually was a bishop and Stake President in Oslo. We once were on Temple Square in Salt Lake City and ran into a young sister missionary serving from Norway who told us she was wonderful friends with the Forsgren family and told us that he was the reason she was on her mission. We never know what our service does for those we serve and those they serve.
I hope this compilation of some of the excerpts from Brent's Mission Journal has helped our family love their father and grandfather and strengthen personal testimonies of mission service.
A few of the souvenirs from Norway
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